| 100% | MULLER | 6 | It is used for grinding powders and paints |
| 56% | GRAPPLINGIRON | 13 | It is used for grasping and holding (2 words) |
| 55% | ASPIRIN | 7 | It is used for pain and to prevent blood clots |
| 46% | SNOW | 4 | In old movies, it was made using everything from marble dust to salt and painted cornflakes |
| 42% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 42% | DYE | 3 | It may be used for highlighting |
| 42% | ASSET | 5 | It can be used for collateral |
| 42% | POOLCUE | 7 | It may be used for banking |
| 42% | ACETATE | 7 | It might be used for projection |
| 41% | SATIN | 5 | Material that is used for some ballerina footwear and boxer shorts |
| 41% | NEWSPAPER | 9 | It is black and white and made for reading |
| 41% | BARTAB | 6 | It might be used for tracking shots |
| 41% | ROBOT | 5 | It may be used for dangerous work |
| 41% | SLEEVE | 6 | It may be used for record-keeping |
| 41% | HAWAIIANSHIRT | 13 | It may be used for island dressing |
| 41% | ALDER | 5 | Tree whose wood is used for bridges as it resists underwater rot |
| 41% | BAMBOO | 6 | Tall fast-growing grass whose stem is used for building and furniture |
| 41% | BUTTON | 6 | Shirt fastener with "holes" that are used for stitching it onto fabrics |
| 41% | SEMOLINA | 8 | Large hard grains of wheat that are used for puddings and soups |
| 40% | MAT | 3 | It can be used for welcoming or wrestling |
| 40% | SASE | 4 | It may be used for many unhappy returns: Abbr. |
| 40% | SHEET | 5 | It might be used for a homemade ghost costume |
| 40% | TARO | 4 | Its leaves are used for the Hawaiian dish laulau |
| 40% | ZINCOXIDE | 9 | Powder used in paint pigment and matches |
| 39% | ANS | 3 | It may be found using hints, for short |
| 38% | WHANGEE | 7 | Asian woody grass of the bamboo subfamily whose stems are used for canes and umbrella handles |
| 38% | SWORD | 5 | Weapon used for fencing, and something that can be sharpened |
| 38% | PIGMENT | 7 | Natural powder hue used in paint and cosmetics |
| 38% | NHL | 3 | Toronto and Ottawa are in it, for short |
| 38% | WAITING | 7 | Vladimir and Estragon are doing it, for Godot |